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en'This Is Just Absolutely Devastating': Communities Respond To The Grand Jury Decision, Vandalismhttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/just-absolutely-devastating-communities-respond-grand-jury-decision-vandalism
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Late Monday, St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch announced that a grand jury had voted it would not indict police Officer Darren Wilson in the August death of Michael Brown in Ferguson. Protests began soon after the announcement in Ferguson and St. Louis, followed by acts of arson and violence.</span></p><p>Tuesday on "St. Louis on the Air," we tried to get a better idea of how the communities are reacting and what is planned.</p><p><strong>Guests</strong></p>Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:23:09 +0000Erica Smith41378 at http://news.stlpublicradio.org'This Is Just Absolutely Devastating': Communities Respond To The Grand Jury Decision, VandalismWhat Was At Stake: St. Louis Archdiocese Settles Sex Abuse Casehttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/what-was-stake-st-louis-archdiocese-settles-sex-abuse-case
<p><strong>UPDATE: July 7, 9:30 a.m.</strong></p><p>The St. Louis Archdiocese&nbsp;announced this morning that it had settled a civil lawsuit in the case of Doe Vs. Ross.</p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The case was set to go to court this morning starting with jury selection. But the Archdiocese called a press conference to announce the settlement.&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The terms of the settlement are confidential.&nbsp;</span></p><p><em>For more on the background of what was at stake in Doe vs. Ross, read below:</em></p>Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:27:16 +0000Rachel Lippmann37765 at http://news.stlpublicradio.orgWhat Was At Stake: St. Louis Archdiocese Settles Sex Abuse CaseSt. Louis Catholic Church Defends Archbishop Carlsonhttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/st-louis-catholic-church-defends-archbishop-carlson
<p>The St. Louis Archdiocese is blasting the notion that Archbishop Robert Carlson did not know child sexual abuse was a crime during his 24 years of service in Minnesota, saying statements he made to that effect in a deposition were taken out of context.</p>Wed, 11 Jun 2014 19:38:37 +0000Rachel Lippmann36906 at http://news.stlpublicradio.orgSt. Louis Catholic Church Defends Archbishop CarlsonHabemus Papam: St. Louis Reacts To News Of New Popehttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/habemus-papam-st-louis-reacts-news-new-pope
<p>The head of the Archdiocese of St. Louis says he is "delighted" with the selection of Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio&nbsp;as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church.</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q04URbhvYdo&amp;feature=player_embedded#!">White smoke from the Sistine Chapel</a>&nbsp; announced the selection of a new pope &nbsp;just about 1 p.m. local time. Bergoglio's&nbsp;name <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUlENBnjbtI">was revealed</a> about an hour later.&nbsp;Until today, he was the archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina.</p>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:48:37 +0000Rachel Lippmann10174 at http://news.stlpublicradio.orgHabemus Papam: St. Louis Reacts To News Of New PopeThree St. Louis Catholic schools to mergehttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/three-st-louis-catholic-schools-merge
<p><em>Updated at 4:55 to correct grammatical error.</em></p><p>Three Catholic schools in south St. Louis county will be merging into one next school year.</p>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:38:00 +0000Rachel Lippmann2215 at http://news.stlpublicradio.orgThree St. Louis Catholic schools to mergeArchbishop presents future plans for St. Louis Catholic schoolshttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/archbishop-presents-future-plans-st-louis-catholic-schools
<p><em><span class="small"><a href="http://www.stlbeacon.org/issues-politics/95-Education/109118-catholic-schools-plot-big-changes-by-2018-">Reporting</a> from the The St. Louis Beacon&#39;s Dale Singer used in this report.</span></em></p>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:19:58 +0000St. Louis Beacon & Kelsey Proud808 at http://news.stlpublicradio.orgArchbishop presents future plans for St. Louis Catholic schoolsMorning headlines: Several injured in MetroLink crash, Mo and Il Democrats vote for START, St. Louis Archbishop seeks to improve Catholic schoolshttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/morning-headlines-several-injured-metrolink-crash-mo-and-il-democrats-vote-start-st-louis
<ul><li><a href="http://www.metrostlouis.org/Default.aspx">MetroLink</a> is running regular service this morning across both tracks at the scene of an accident that happened yesterday in Pagedale. <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/article_9a2e6a92-395b-534f-90dc-6c2a1093627d.html">The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports </a>that several injuries were reported after a MetroLink light rail train hit a tow truck stalled at a crossing. The eastbound train struck the flatbed truck around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. Passengers reported seeing at least five people being taken to hospitals by ambulance. Metro spokeswoman Dianne Williams said she was told the injuries did not appear to be serious. The tow truck was unoccupied. Investigators are trying to figure out why it stalled on the tracks.</li><li><a href="http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/140035.pdf">The new arms control treaty with Russia </a>approved by the Senate Wednesday had the support of Democrats in the Missouri and Illinois delegations, but not the Republicans. The treaty would cap nuclear warheads for both countries and resume on-site inspections that expired a year ago. <a href="http://mccaskill.senate.gov/">Claire McCaskill </a>of Missouri joined <a href="http://durbin.senate.gov/">Dick Durbin </a>of Illinois in voting for the <a href="http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/140035.pdf">START treaty</a>, which she calls critical to the national security of the United States. <a href="http://bond.senate.gov/public/">Republican Senator Kit Bond </a>of Missouri did not cast a vote on the treaty, while <a href="http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/vacancies_pr.html?pr=house&amp;vid=35">Mark Kirk </a>of Illinois voted no.</li></ul><blockquote><p>"The relationship with Russia is key in terms of us getting the missile defense systems in place that can check Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, if in fact they decide that they will either utilize the nuclear weapons they have, the case in Pakistan, or continue to move towards nuclear capability, in the case of North Korea and Iran." - Sen. Claire McCaskill</p></blockquote><ul><li><a href="http://archstl.org/archstl/page/archbishop-robert-j-carlson">St. Archbishop Robert Carlson </a>is continuing work on what he has called his top priority - improving Catholic schools in the region. <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/article_d357deec-92de-5558-8988-35906edbd828.html">The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports </a>that for the past year, Carlson has been meeting with parents, teachers, pastors and national experts. The goal is to develop strategies to improve Catholic education in the St. Louis Archdiocese, where enrollment in its 11 counties has been steadily declining for four decades. The newspaper says Carlson is positioning <a href="http://archstl.org/">the St. Louis Archdiocese </a>to follow the lead of other large Catholic school systems that have restructured to stop the loss of students.</li></ul><blockquote><p>"We don't have to sit by and let this happen. Let's grow this system again." - Archbishop Robert Carlson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch.</p></blockquote><p>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:27:24 +0000Julie Bierach179 at http://news.stlpublicradio.orgMorning headlines: Several injured in MetroLink crash, Mo and Il Democrats vote for START, St. Louis Archbishop seeks to improve Catholic schools